Ceratitis catoirii


Host plants

Highly polyphagous, infesting at least the following families and genera:

Family Genus
Anacardiaceae Mangifera
Annonaceae Annona*
Caricaceae Carica*
Combretaceae Terminalia
Lauraceae Persea*
Lythraceae Punica*
Myrtaceae Eugenia*, Psidium, Syzygium
Oxalidaceae Averrhoa*
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus*
Rosaceae Eriobotrya*, Prunus*
Rutaceae Citrus*
Salicaceae Flacourtia*
Sapotaceae Manilkara*
Solanaceae Capsicum*, Solanum*

Asterisks indicate unconfirmed records, per De Meyer et al. (2002) 

Biogeographic region and distribution

Afrotropical

Mauritius, Rodriguez I.; Seychelles?.

Adult taxonomy

Ceratitis (Ceratitis) catoirii Guerin-Meneville
Ceratitis catoirii Guerin-Meneville 1843: 197.—l’ile
Maurice [Mauritius]. ST ♂️♀️ MNHNP?
Ceratitis catoirei Froggatt 1911: 864.—missp. catoirii
Guerin-Meneville.
Ceratitis catoiri Bezzi 1918: 230.—missp. catoirii Guerin-
Meneville.

References

De Meyer, M., R. S. Copeland, S. A. Lux, M. Mansell, S. Quilici, R. Wharton, I. M. White, and N. J. Zenz. 2002. Annotated check list of host plants for Afrotropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the genus Ceratitis (No. 27). MRAC; Tervuren, Belgium. 91 p.